"Huff~ Huff~ Finally got away..."
In the darkness, the "Spider Monster" lay low behind a rock, peeking out with lingering fear.
It should... not be chasing anymore, right?
Xiaoyuan's voice came through his headset: "Looks like we've shaken it off."
"Yes... yeah, scared me to death." Ohara panted.
"Damn it, it was Yugen wearing the blue uniform..." Xiaoyuan gritted his teeth on the other end of the headset.
Using the bait-and-switch method, so despicable!
Luckily Ohara ran fast...
But before he could catch his breath, a voice like a demon's sounded in his ear again.
"Hiding in a place like this, huh..."
Both of them shuddered, their hair standing on end on their backs.
It's that person!
Stiffly turning their heads, they saw the Yellow Dormitory demon had somehow caught up, casually standing behind with a creepy smile.
"Just saying, running is useless." Yugen smiled.
The opponent didn't seem to possess enough "Elf Affinity" talent either.
So they hadn't noticed the Silent Magician had already stood atop the rock they were hiding behind, tilting her head to look at them.
Although Yugen was following leisurely behind, being targeted by the Elf made it impossible for them to escape.
A dead end lay ahead; they couldn't retreat any further.
"What do we do?" Ohara asked nervously through the earpiece.
"Uh, then we have no choice but to fight." Xiaoyuan gritted his teeth through the earpiece, "Don't worry, Ohara, our collaboration is unbeatable. We've even defeated Obelisk Blue students before.
Just right, let's test our limits today."
So Ohara took a deep breath and stood up, "Alright, let's do this. We'll show you the power of our duo."
"Duel!" x2
[Yugen, LP 4000]
[Ohara, LP 4000]
The lights on the Duel Disc lit up, indicating Yugen had the right to choose who goes first.
Yugen didn't hesitate: "Then I'll go first. I draw a card.
Set a monster on the field, and another Covering Card. Turn end."
Ohara: "My turn, I draw!"
Instructions immediately came through Xiaoyuan's voice in the earpiece: "Summon 'Giant Beastman'!"
So Ohara followed the instruction: "Summon 'Giant Beastman'!"
Holding a chunk of bone, the burly Beastman, with his massive body intertwined like hard rock and steel muscles, red eyes like fire, and sharp fangs exposed from his closed mouth, followed the summoning onto the field.
[Giant Beastman, Attack Power 2200]
Ohara wasn't good at practical battles, so he was basically a puppet. The real duel was Xiaoyuan behind the scenes.
"Then Special Summon 'Swiftfoot Velociraptor'!"
This time, it was a sleek, streamlined dinosaur, with smooth scales, wide feet, and long, powerful limbs.
[Swiftfoot Velociraptor, Attack Power 1400]
"Swiftfoot Velociraptor's special ability, it can be Special Summoned directly from the hand. But when using this effect, the opponent can also Special Summon a monster from their own graveyard."
Yugen shrugged: "There are no monsters in my graveyard."
The "opponent summon graveyard monster" of Swiftfoot Velociraptor is a forced activation trigger effect, but whether or not to use this effect during the resolution is the opponent's decision. Even if the opponent doesn't summon a monster, it won't affect its special summon.
"Direct battle." Ohara said, "First, 'Swiftfoot Velociraptor' attacks the covered monster!"
The Velociraptor charged forward, roaring with a fierce rush. The face-down monster on Yugen's field flipped over, revealing a six-armed Mage, with golden magical waves emanating as it flipped.
"The monster you're attacking is the 'Magic-guided Grocer'." Yugen said, "When this card is flipped, continue flipping cards from the top of your deck until you reveal a Magic or Trap Card.
The first revealed Magic or Trap Card goes to your hand, and the rest are sent to the graveyard."
He began flipping cards from the top of his deck, revealing four monsters in succession until a Magic Card appeared on the fifth.
The Magic Card "Disrupting Magic".
A little disappointed not to have drawn Desperate Angel Black Hole or something alike, but it was still fine.
"Then, I add 'Disrupting Magic' to my hand."
The Magic Card was added to his hand, and meanwhile, the charging dinosaur knocked the small Magic Guide Merchant into a tumble, who then exited play as a glowing light.
"Then the Giant Beastman's direct attack!" Ohara ordered.
He seized the initiative, dealing significant damage in the first turn. Over the past two days, his cooperative duels with Xiaoyuan had been consecutive victories, building his confidence.
"Then, by discarding a card from my hand, I'll activate this Trap Card..."
Yugen discarded a card to the graveyard, and his Covering Card flipped.
"Trap Card—Cause and Effect Severance!"
The duo of Ohara and Xiaoyuan were both shocked.
They remembered this powerful Trap, a well-known Exorcism Red Pit.
"By discarding a card from my hand, all of the opponent's monsters on the field, as well as cards with the same name in the graveyard, are banished from the game.
Banish 'Giant Beastman' from the game!"
The Trap activated, and transparent waves enveloped the robust Beastman waving a bone attempting to attack. The latter was then sucked into a dimensional vortex, disappearing from the field.
"Furthermore, the card I just discarded is 'Disrupting Magic'." Yugen said, "When Disrupting Magic is sent to the graveyard, add one Ojama Green, Yellow, and Black each to your hand from the deck."
The cards automatically popped out from the deck, and he drew them into his hand in turn. The deck was automatically shuffled in the Duel Disc.
"Damn, caught by a Trap." Xiaoyuan said solemnly, "Then we'll leave it at that for now."
Ohara nodded, accepting the instruction: "Turn end."
"Now it's my turn, draw."
Yugen calmly revealed a card from his hand.
"First, activate the Magic Card 'Adversity's Treasure Scroll' (Original Card), if there's a Special Summoned monster on the opponent's field and no monsters on your field, draw two cards.
Your field has the Special Summoned 'Swiftfoot Velociraptor', and since my field has no monsters, I draw two cards."
Yugen drew two cards, then revealed another card from his hand.
"Then activate this—
—Continuous Magic 'Ground Sinking'!"
The solid ground before Ohara suddenly cracked like a shattered mirror, opening deep bottomless crevices, resembling a monster's ominous open mouth. The ground rumbled and sank, corresponding monster zones cracked open.
"What?" Xiaoyuan frowned.
"Ground Sinking designates two of the opponent's monster zones that cannot be used."
Sealing the monster zone?
Xiaoyuan had a bad feeling.
"Then activate the Magic Card 'Fusion'."
Yugen quickly drew out the three cards searched into his hand from the previous turn.
"Fuse 'Ojama Yellow', 'Ojama Green', 'Ojama Black', triple Fusion Summon—"
Three colored lights swirled into a fusion vortex, a strong light bloomed, and in the incandescent backdrop emerged a powerful arm and a massive head, exuding a hefty, harmonious aura.
"Summon, Ojama King!"